1200pr Paper damage

**UULC** · November 6th, 2008, 11:16 PM

Contractor failed to cross trench.

**Wingfoot** · November 7th, 2008, 06:49 AM

7+ years ago I had a 1500 pair pulp cable hit with about that many pairs damaged and the repair took 2 techs in the pit about 3 days to complete.

**UULC** · November 7th, 2008, 07:01 AM

tHIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND THEY HAVE BEEN THERE 20 HOURS SO FAR.

**Dave72** · November 7th, 2008, 07:28 AM

Its a painfully slow process.. since there is no 'colour code' to identify each pair (typically just an assortment of white/blue, white/green, or white/red), you have to send tone from the field side (find pair in some terminal etc) and from the office side (there are frame-mounted boxes that can automate the send-tone on one pair at a time here). Once you identify a matching pair, you can splice it thru. 24hr shifts for 3 guys at a time is normal.. Ive been on some that go for 4 or 5 days (we only work for 24hr then get to sleep for 8 .. different guys swap out). Hard on the body, great money ! lol

**yahoo** · November 7th, 2008, 05:34 PM

my sup. during hurricane ike got a 1800 paper cable hit.......found out the hard way ...you can't power sweep everything.... this was in a duct run by the way....next to a 4' gas line....with cathodic protection....???? yikes!!!!

**TBONE** · November 7th, 2008, 08:18 PM

mmmmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm looks like someone is getting a hefty bill

**USIC1** · November 7th, 2008, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by yahoo

my sup. during hurricane ike got a 1800 paper cable hit.......found out the hard way ...you can't power sweep everything.... this was in a duct run by the way....next to a 4' gas line....with cathodic protection....???? yikes!!!!

I marked some cathodic recently as phone and a contractor thanked me for not barreling into the field it went to...Said if he would have tore the ground field up it wold have cost him 30k...Gas locator claimed it was nt his responsibility to locate it...But his ass came out there a few days later and did locate it...

**phoenix827** · November 8th, 2008, 07:55 AM

LOVE the "mark" and "damage" markers!! GREAT idea, they show up REAL good. I end up using paint caps.

**Damage Investigator** · November 8th, 2008, 08:49 AM

How wet did the cable get from the bore? Those paper cables will suck up water like a sponge.

**UULC** · November 8th, 2008, 09:54 AM

The paper did not get wet at all. Rhino Markers is the maker of the markers. they are so nice on a damage. I bought two sets at the Orlando convention this past year. $50.00 a set. They come in all the APWA colors.

I have more photos to upload today.

**gypsygirl** · November 8th, 2008, 09:55 AM

We have those markers also... they are nice...

**UULC** · November 8th, 2008, 11:03 AM

This is the audit I did on the locator. As you can see in three of the photos with the ruler. the 1200pr is now shown about 2' off the mark. They pulled it away from the road. it was only 12" from center. We mark a High Profile with three line. One in the center and one on either side. This cable had critical line that went down. There were markers along the route to let anyone digging know.

**UtahLocator** · December 3rd, 2008, 11:11 AM

That's crazy. There was a 6 piece duct run ripped out about a month ago that had 4 paper cables in it(2 1800's, a 900, and a 600) I'm not even sure how long that took them to get back in service but it must have taken them at least two weeks.